Vampire Transgression [Paperback]

Michael Schiefelbein (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (2006)
• ASIN: B000OTLYMA
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous vampire mythos, May 20, 2006

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vampire Transgression (Hardcover)

Over two thousand years ago, Victor Decimus, son of patrician parents, was a Roman soldier stationed in Judea. He knew and loved Jesus who rejected his love; with his new knowledge that he could love and be hurt, he went to a vampire and asked her to transform him. Once she did, she went on to the DARK KINGDOM, a heavenly realm for vampires. Victor lived on hating Jesus and killing many members churchmen through the ages.

Now in the present he has found love with Paul who loved him enough to want to spend eternity with him. When Victor transforms Paul, he breaks two sacred rules of the vampire world, not passing on to the Dark Kingdom and staying with Paul in a consolidation of power that goes against the natural laws of the universe. The powers that be in the Dark Kingdom are getting ready to strike at Victor, but he believes, perhaps foolishly, that he can outwit them.

Fans of Brandon Massey and Poppy Z Brite will thoroughly enjoy this new take on the vampire mythos. Paul is an infant compared to Victor and doesn't want to be separated from his lover for the two centuries it will take for him to be eligible to enter the Dark Kingdom. Victor, who never loved like this before, makes many sacrifices for his lover and in the process becomes an endearing anti-hero. Michael Schiefelbein makes his audience believe vampires actually exist.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars comparatively disappointing, September 21, 2010

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Furio (Genova - Italy) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vampire Transgression (Paperback)

Compared with the meaningless trash published in the field of vampire fiction this third instalment of the serial shines brightly as a star but compared with the first two episodes it is disappointing, so much evident is the lack of real inspiration and polish that permeated the other two.

First and foremost the writing is good but non as refined, subtle and tense as it used to be.
I have loved Mr Schiefelbein's use of language too much not to feel that here it is professionally anonymous.
Second, the plot is rather poor: the story of Victor and Paul hardly moves on and all we are left with is Paul's dislike for killing and the need for them to be apart.

While reading I got the unpleasant feeling the author might have grown a little complacent depriving this third volume of the razor sharp edge of the first.

I do hope the fourth volume will erase this feeling and am looking forward to reading it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Took me a while to figure out it's a love story, December 17, 2009

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Leonardo "SRNA" (Naples, FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vampire Transgression (Paperback)

Victor is the epitome of an antihero. As a matter of fact, the author does a great job making Victor a villain as the book progresses. As Victor's motives become clear towards the end of the book, the reader realizes that Victor acted out of love and self-sacrifice. It's scary how much I can empathize with Victor. I'm glad I finished this book only a month before the next installment is released. I can't wait!